On Sunday Right-wing co-worker and I went on a night tour of Alcatraz

It was super cool. The only draw back was that the vast majority of people touring Alcatraz with us were from Europe. There was not a lot of rudeness, but the Eurotrash were as cranky as ever. Perhaps they were pissed that the dollar has been rising against the Euro, but most likely they always walk around with sour pusses.

On the ferry I noticed three women sporting gigantic blond hair, the likes of which I have not seen around here since the 1980's and early 90's.

"Look, I told co-worker, they have Sarah Palin hair!"

Thereafter, co-worker took to calling them "The Sarah Palins." The Europeans stared at them a lot.

We met up with the Sarah Palins at the end of the tour as we all headed back to the return ferry. They were nice, funny, and they were from Utah, which explains the big hair. A mouse had run across one of the Sarah Palins' open toed, high heel clad foot during the tour. They were underdressed for the bitter cold weather, and ready to go back to San Francisco and eat dessert.


Right-wing co-worker caught the sniffles a few days later. I blamed it on the Europeans.

"You caught European swine flu," I told him.